This weekend Brad Vidilini will continue preaching our sermon series ‘Isaiah: Complete Comfort’, titled ‘Comfort Foreshadowed’ from Isaiah 11:1-16.
We currently have no questions for our Question Time!
If you would like to ask a question, please email the office.
Every day (except Sundays) we meet at 7am online for an online half-hour morning prayer time at zoom.jamberooanglican.com and you’re very welcome to join us!
After church we’ll have brunch in the morning and dinner in the evening, so there’s plenty of time to chat and chew, together!
See you on Sunday, God willing!
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This Sunday, Anthony Douglas continues our sermon series ‘Isaiah: Complete Comfort’ from Isaiah 7 called, ‘The Child of Comfort’.
Book of the Month
Our book of the month for October is ‘Hope: The Best is yet to Come‘ by Bryson Smith. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au
Friday Kids and Youth
Each Friday we meet for our kids and youth groups of SPARK (Years 3 to 6) at 4:30-6pm, and Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9pm at the church hall.
ONE Music Festival
ONE Music Festival is a wholistic family event aiming to bring different generations and denominations together to celebrate and experience Jesus in community. Children, youth groups and adults are all welcome. It will be running on the 16th of November at the Kiama Pavilion and showgrounds from 2pm – 9pm. Expect to see different bands, food trucks among other fun surprises. You can come for the whole event or part of it, your choice. Tickets are available now at onemusicfestival.com. They also need Volunteers to help run the event!- More info on their website.
New Treasurer
Our Wardens are delighted to announce that Daniel Clarke has accepted the invitation to be our Treasurer. He was also elected to Parish Council.
McNeill Farewell – SAVE THE DATE
We will be holding a special, combined church service on Sunday 15th December at 4pm (which means we won’t meet on that day at 9am). Save the date and plan to attend this significant event in the life of our church.
Anglicare Toys ‘n’ Tucker
This Christmas, we’re collecting food and gifts for those who are doing it tough. Our partnership with Anglicare’s “Toys ‘n’ Tucker” aims to share the joy of Christmas with families who would otherwise go without. Last year Toys ‘n’ Tucker delivered 4,000 toy hampers and 5,000 gift hampers directly into the hands of our local community. Even the smallest donation can make the biggest impact! Drop off your donations at the church hall through October.
Midweek Small Groups
By being a member of a Small Group, you are helping us all to care for each other as we grow in our knowledge and love of God. Join a group by filling in the Connect Card or contacting a staff member.
Safe Ministry Matters
For those who prefer face to face training, there are both Essentials and Refresher courses coming up soon. Speak to our Safe Ministry Representative is Gemma Bartlett.
Listen to sermons and our Question Time on Apple Podcasts or Spotify by searching ‘Jamberoo Anglican’. You can also watch previous services at watch.jamberooanglican.com
Church Giving
Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For last month, our average weekly giving was $5509.00, leaving a gap of $791.00.
Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $273,000. Compared to that total we received $245,588, leaving a gap of $27,412.
Electronic giving is a great way to give! It helps us prayerfully plan our giving, and then the bank will help us keep that commitment, even when we may be unable to attend.
To give by direct transfer then these are the details: Account name: Jamberoo Anglican Church. Account number: 356831. BSB: 032605.
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Scenario – you have a day off work. What do you do? Do you have plans to fill in the day? Do you feel like you need to use your time wisely? Running errands maybe or catching up on things to do?
When was the last time you had a day for yourself, and you did nothing? You just rested.
Or have you ever asked someone how they are doing and received the quick response, “Busy!”? Sadly, being busy has become a status symbol in our society, and many people equate being busy with feeling important.
As a society we have forgotten how to rest. Societal values are in the things we do. We are defined by our work, the hobbies we choose to participate in, sport, and the list goes on.
We struggle to rest because rest is not our priority, because rest cannot measure our worth.
However, rest really is one of the most important things you can do to thrive in the world. In the beginning, God made rest. It is a beautiful gift God created for His beloved children because He knew we needed it.
God desires rest for us because it does not come naturally to us. To rest, we must trust that God will take care of things for us. We must trust that, if we take a day off, the world will not stop turning!
In Matthew 11 Jesus says “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest … Let me teach you … and you will find rest for your souls.”
Jesus doesn’t just offer us rest; he models it for us!
He took time to be alone with God so that he could: Hear God’s voice Seek God’s direction and Rest in God’s presence.
We too can follow Jesus’ example and rest in God’s presence so we can be refreshed, restored, renewed.
Sandee Batelic
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This weekend Anthony Douglas will continue preaching our sermon series ‘Isaiah: Complete Comfort’, titled ‘The Child of Comfort’ from Isaiah 7.
This weekend we have the following questions for our Question Time:
1 Could paying people to proclaim the gospel take away our own calling to go and make disciples?
If you would like to ask Jodie a question please email the office.
Every day (except Sundays) we meet at 7am online for an online half-hour morning prayer time at zoom.jamberooanglican.com and you’re very welcome to join us!
After church we’ll have brunch in the morning and dinner in the evening, so there’s plenty of time to chat and chew, together!
See you on Sunday, God willing!
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This Sunday, Moussa Ghazal will be teaching us from Hebrews 1:1-4 with a one off sermon called ‘God’s Final Word’
Book of the Month
Our book of the month for October is ‘Hope: The Best is yet to Come‘ by Bryson Smith. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au
Friday Kids and Youth
We’re having a holiday break from our normal Friday groups of SPARK (Years 3 to 6) at 4:30-6pm, and Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9pm at the church hall.
Schools Out, Kids In
This weekend is the third weekend of our ‘Schools Out, Kids In’ program. Rach will lead us in extra-intergenerational services for all ages and stages, all together!
ONE Music Festival
ONE Music Festival is a wholistic family event aiming to bring different generations and denominations together to celebrate and experience Jesus in community. Children, youth groups and adults are all welcome. It will be running on the 16th of November at the Kiama Pavilion and showgrounds from 2pm – 9pm. Expect to see different bands, food trucks among other fun surprises. You can come for the whole event or part of it, your choice. Tickets are available now at onemusicfestival.com. They also need Volunteers to help run the event!- More info on their website.
Anglicare Toys ‘n’ Tucker
This Christmas, we’re collecting food and gifts for those who are doing it tough. Our partnership with Anglicare’s “Toys ‘n’ Tucker” aims to share the joy of Christmas with families who would otherwise go without. Last year Toys ‘n’ Tucker delivered 4,000 toy hampers and 5,000 gift hampers directly into the hands of our local community. Even the smallest donation can make the biggest impact! Drop off your donations at the church hall through October.
Midweek Small Groups
By being a member of a Small Group, you are helping us all to care for each other as we grow in our knowledge and love of God. Join a group by filling in the Connect Card or contacting a staff member.
Safe Ministry Matters
For those who prefer face to face training, there are both Essentials and Refresher courses coming up soon. Speak to our Safe Ministry Representative is Gemma Bartlett.
Listen to sermons and our Question Time on Apple Podcasts or Spotify by searching ‘Jamberoo Anglican’. You can also watch previous services at watch.jamberooanglican.com
Church Giving
Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For last month, our average weekly giving was $5509.00, leaving a gap of $791.00.
Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $273,000. Compared to that total we received $245,588, leaving a gap of $27,412.
Electronic giving is a great way to give! It helps us prayerfully plan our giving, and then the bank will help us keep that commitment, even when we may be unable to attend.
To give by direct transfer then these are the details: Account name: Jamberoo Anglican Church. Account number: 356831. BSB: 032605.
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Do you ever feel overlooked, invisible? I am just one person in a world of eight billion people. There’s nothing special about me to make me stand out. In a large group (or maybe even a small one) you probably wouldn’t even see me.
What role can one single person play in God’s great plan? Does God truly have a purpose for each one of us? Can one, small, insignificant person make much of a difference in the kingdom of God?
The Bible says yes, one person can make a difference!
We all know the stories of Moses, Noah, David and Jonah. We know the impact their lives had. We need to read the story of creation, Noah’s Ark, and Paul’s conversion experience. They contain powerful lessons for strengthening our faith.
But what about the lesser-known people? People like Ehud, Jethro, Rhoda or Dorcas? Or the woman who saved the entire kingdom of Judah when she stole a child and hid him for six years? There are many people in the Bible who are mentioned only once, some are not even named! Often overlooked they have valuable lessons to teach us about faith, courage, and God’s power in the lives of ordinary people. These lesser-known characters are all vitally important. In fact, some of them played a pivotal role in God’s plan. All of God’s Word is important. If He took the time to write about the seemingly minor characters, there is a reason – they are all a part of the big story of God. They teach us invaluable lessons like the importance of forgiveness, never giving up, and how one brave person can make a difference in a whole kingdom. But more than that, these obscure Bible characters show us God sees every little thing we do, and He cares. In the eyes of the Lord, every one of us has an important job to do. When you feel overlooked, invisible or unimportant, remember God has a plan for your life and you never know how He might use you!
Sandee Batelic
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This weekend Moussa Ghazal will be speaking to us from Hebrews 1:1-4.
This weekend is the third of three weekends in our ‘Schools Out, Kids In’ program, where Rach helps us work to make our church gatherings even more intergenerational.
This week we won’t be having a question time but feel free to reply to send your questions via email or text.
Every day (except Sundays) we meet at 7am online for an online half-hour morning prayer time at zoom.jamberooanglican.com and you’re very welcome to join us!
After church we’ll have brunch in the morning and dinner in the evening, so there’s plenty of time to chat and chew, together!
See you on Sunday, God willing!
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This Sunday, Andy McPhail continues his three-week series called ‘The Race’ from Philippians 3, with his third talk called ‘Finishing the Race: Receiving the Prize’’
Book of the Month
Our book of the month for October is ‘Hope: The Best is yet to Come‘ by Bryson Smith. Physical copies are available at our bookstall or buy online at: wanderingbookseller.com.au
Friday Kids and Youth
We’re having a holiday break from our normal Friday groups of SPARK (Years 3 to 6) at 4:30-6pm, and Youth Group (Years 7 to 12) from 7-9pm at the church hall.
Schools Out, Kids In
This weekend is the second of three weekends in our ‘Schools Out, Kids In’ program, as Rach leads us in extra-intergenerational services for all ages and stages, all together!
ONE Music Festival
ONE Music Festival is a wholistic family event aiming to bring different generations and denominations together to celebrate and experience Jesus in community. Children, youth groups and adults are all welcome. It will be running on the 16th of November at the Kiama Pavilion and showgrounds from 2pm – 9pm. Expect to see different bands, food trucks among other fun surprises. You can come for the whole event or part of it, your choice. Tickets are available now at onemusicfestival.com. They also need Volunteers to help run the event!- More info on their website.
Anglicare Toys ‘n’ Tucker
This Christmas, we’re collecting food and gifts for those who are doing it tough. Our partnership with Anglicare’s “Toys ‘n’ Tucker” aims to share the joy of Christmas with families who would otherwise go without. Last year Toys ‘n’ Tucker delivered 4,000 toy hampers and 5,000 gift hampers directly into the hands of our local community. Even the smallest donation can make the biggest impact! Drop off your donations at the church hall through October.
Midweek Small Groups
By being a member of a Small Group, you are helping us all to care for each other as we grow in our knowledge and love of God. Join a group by filling in the Connect Card or contacting a staff member.
Safe Ministry Matters
For those who prefer face to face training, there are both Essentials and Refresher courses coming up soon. Speak to our Safe Ministry Representative is Gemma Bartlett.
Listen to sermons and our Question Time on Apple Podcasts or Spotify by searching ‘Jamberoo Anglican’. You can also watch previous services at watch.jamberooanglican.com
Church Giving
Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. For last month, our average weekly giving was $5509.00, leaving a gap of $791.00.
Up to the end of last month, we needed to have received $273,000. Compared to that total we received $245,588, leaving a gap of $27,412.
Electronic giving is a great way to give! It helps us prayerfully plan our giving, and then the bank will help us keep that commitment, even when we may be unable to attend.
To give by direct transfer then these are the details: Account name: Jamberoo Anglican Church. Account number: 356831. BSB: 032605.
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Most of us have a thousand things on our minds on any one day.
Some of us have more than one thing at a time, and it seems our life is crowded with demands, disappointments and decisions. Others may seem to have nothing in particular and cruise through life with never a care in the world. But we all have an ‘internal drive’, that hard wired default place where we dream, hope and desire for what we think is good.
Hugh Mackay, the Australian psychologist, tried to capture what is on our collective minds in his 2015 book, The Good Life. In it he asks Aussies “what makes life worth living?” We could be cynical and compare ourselves to the citizens of ancient Philippi, who Paul described in chapter 3 verse 19 in his letter: “their god is their appetite, they think about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth”. Not us, surely! Mackay has a surprising conclusion to his research. He writes ‘The good life is not the sum of our security, wealth, status, postcode, career success and levels of happiness. The good life is one defined by our capacity for selflessness, the quality of our relationships and our willingness to connect with others in a useful way.’
Mackay is on the right track. But the Gospel is both much worse news, and much better news. Without God’s rescue mission through Jesus, we are all like the citizens of Philippi – driven by selfish desires, giving ultimate worth to possessions and experiences, and not a thought for eternity. We are heading for destruction. The great news is that if we love God and follow his Son Jesus, he has taken hold of us for his very own. We can now live for Him, love others as He has asked us to do, have our minds made new, and live with the certain hope of seeing him face to face forever.
Now that’s a good life!
Andy McPhail
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This weekend Andy McPhail will complete his three-week series called ‘The Race’ from Philippians 3, with his third talk called ‘Finishing the Race: Receiving the Prize’’
This weekend is the second of three weekends in our ‘Schools Out, Kids In’ program, where Rach helps us work to make our church gatherings even more intergenerational.
This week we won’t be having a question time but feel free to reply to send your questions via email or text.
Every day (except Sundays) we meet at 7am online for an online half-hour morning prayer time at zoom.jamberooanglican.com and you’re very welcome to join us!
After church we’ll have brunch in the morning and dinner in the evening, so there’s plenty of time to chat and chew, together!
See you on Sunday, God willing!
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